Why is remote work seen as a gift?

Re:Why is remote work seen as a gift? by anon20230209 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:37AM (#34721657)

> It should be about the value I bring to the company, not where I live.

But they are not hiring you for "value", you are just a body in a seat filling a "role".

Real game to play is: you ask for X money, they propose Y money, agree and do Y amount of work and not the X amount of work. It's entirely reasonable to "quite-quit" even at non-minimum-salary compensation levels.

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Re:Why is remote work seen as a gift? by mcv on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:51AM (#34721752)

Then they should hire someone else. There are cheaper bodies for filling seats than mine.

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Re:Why is remote work seen as a gift? by anon20230209 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @05:08AM (#34721863)

And they do. Have you not seen all the whining of Google veterans cut after their recent lay-offs?

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Re:Why is remote work seen as a gift? by mcv on Thursday February 09, 2023 @05:10AM (#34721869)

It's sad that companies like Google these days are more concerned with filling seats than with writing good software.

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